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The medication process in a psychiatric hospital: are errors a potential threat to patient safety?

Ann Lykkegaard Soerensen1 Faculty of Social Sciences and of Health Sciences, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark;2 Department of Nursing, University College of Northern Denmark, Aalborg, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marianne Lisby3 Research Centre of Emergency Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Lars Peter Nielsen4 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Birgitte Klindt Poulsen4 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Jan Mainz5 Aalborg Psychiatric University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark;6 Department for Health Services Research, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Pages 23-31 | Published online: 09 Sep 2013

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